Article 39 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law specifies that residents of the administrative region have the right of self-determination. The people of Hong Kong must not fall asleep while their rights are in danger. Take a lesson from the Swiss, where the signatures of 50,000 citizens are sufficient to hold a referendum, meaning that public issues can be settled with a vote, with no need to take to the streets. Otherwise, when the dictatorship becomes a reality, the people will have no choice but to resist. For details, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

The US should serve as a model of democracy, adhering to the UN Charter and upholding the spirit of One World under One Set of Laws. It should give international law precedence over domestic law, with direct effect on the rights and duties of the people. This will lead Mexico, Syria and the Middle East to adopt human rights, constitutionalism, international law and natural law. The whole world must see itself as one family regardless of race or ethnic groups. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Human security and sustainable development are two of the major tasks of the UN, and naturally member states must comply with all relevant rules and regulations. The solution is to implement One World under One Set of Laws. International law must take precedence over domestic law and directly affect the people, with monitoring by the people to ensure compliance with the UN Charter, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Charter of Nature and others. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

The government in Afghanistan needs to be reorganized as a modified semi-presidential parliamentary system like Finland’s, and the legislative system should be a committee-style system such as the one in Switzerland. The prerequisite for permanent world peace is global democratization. The Afghani government should implement fundamental changes to adopt a democratic model and adhere to the ideals of One World under One Set of Laws, with a constitution that will be in sync with the times and in line with the spirit of the times. See the Charter for the Permanent Peace and Development.

One basic fact of democracy’s relation to peace is that there have been very few wars between democratic nations. Once China is democratized, there will be real hope for human peace. The US should support Taiwan's efforts at constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would attract China to seek democratization, and world peace would be born. The world’s democracies should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia, lighting the path to permanent peace and development for China.

The only way to uproot the culture of corruption blanketing Asia is democracy and the rule of law. Democracy and the rule of law are the natural enemies of despotism and corruption, and democracy is needed to corral these ailments through separation of powers and checks and balances. Decentralization is needed at all levels, and the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches should be directly elected. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

The world’s democracies should support Taiwan's efforts at constitutional reform to achieve real democracy and freedom. This would attract China's 1.4 billion people to seek democratization of the CCP and lead eventually to real democracy in Russia and the birth of world peace. All democracies should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia which will light the way for China to peaceful development. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Corruption is deeply-rooted in Asian culture, with a history of thousands of years. The only way to cure corruption is through democracy, which entails mechanisms like separation of powers and checks and balances to control the powers of the individual branches of government. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Democracies the world over should support Taiwan's efforts at constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would encourage China's 1.4 billion people to seek democratization of the CCP, in turn leading North Korea to opt for real democracy - and world peace would be the result. All democracies should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia lighting the path to peaceful development for China. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Liaoning must rid itself of corruption remaining from thousands of years of corrupt culture, the ‘national shame’ of China. The only remedy is democracy and the rule of law, the natural enemies of despotism and corruption. This means separation of powers and checks and balances as well as election of the heads of the legislative, executive, judicial and procuratorial branches of government in alternating years. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.